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Victoria, Mabelle Paderez – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2017
This study explores the experiences of a culturally and linguistically diverse group of immigrant adult students as they attended a 12-week employment preparation course for newcomers to Canada. The main aim of the course was to equip the immigrants with knowledge and skills, including English for employment purposes, which are necessary to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Language Role
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Daniel, Marie-France; Splitter, Laurance; Slade, Christina; Lafortune, Louise; Pallascio, Richard; Mongeau, Pierre – Australian Journal of Education, 2004
We aim to clarify Matthew Lipman's definition of critical thinking. The research project was conducted during a complete school year among eight groups of pupils from three cultural contexts: Australia, Mexico and Quebec. We worked in an inductive manner, inspired by the grounded theory approach, and analysed transcripts of the pupils' exchanges…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Definitions, Thinking Skills, Transcripts (Written Records)